The Danger of Dissatisfaction With One’s Lot in Life - Part XI

       Ezekiel 16:18-63;  Proverbs 5:15-23; et. al.

                          August 11, 2024

 

 

Transgenderism is a timely topic because of the Olympics in Paris.

 

Abortion on demand, if not timely, is nevertheless continually

brought up for our consideration, whether we want to think of it

or not, as the promoters of the abortion industry, or its espousers,

seem never to grow weary, in trying to convince themselves and

you and me, that they have a natural right to kill their own kind.

 

These are only two of the many things that can cause dissatisfaction in life.

 

The Greek word for heresy is αἵρεσις - hairesis - a choosing,

a choice – then that which is chosen, and hence an opinion, especially

a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the

power of truth and leads to division, the formation of sects and finally,

APOSTASY FROM GOD!  (Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.

 

(Think of the origins, influences and roles of  PRO-CHOICE,

TRANSGENDERS,  and the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION in the

CULTURAL DEMISE  of the United States of America’s)

 (ITALL BEGAN WITH A CHOICE – a la – HERESY – CY -2009)  

 

Such an individual  is a living lie against the truth. 

 

A heresy is:

* a belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.

* an opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted.

 

Merriam- Webster:

 

o       dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice

 

o       an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally

     accepted beliefs or standards

 

I contend that Transgenderism and Abortion are sectarian.

 

Sectarian, as a noun, means a member of a group with a particular

set of interests.  (Google)   It is ironic that Google, which is involved

greatly in the promotion of these sects, would have this definition of sectarian.

(CY - 2024)

 

Currently there is an attempt to change meaning of words,

trying to create a new vocabulary, a new normal.  

 

Daniel speaks of the anti-christ in this manner:

 

Daniel 7:25 - “And he shall speak great words against the most High,

and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change

times and laws:  and they shall be given unto his hand until

a time and times and the dividing of time.”

 

 

Jesus said that because of the iniquity abounding in the last times, that

“.....the love of many will wax cold.”  (Matthew 24:12)

 

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto

Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what

shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man

deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall

deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not

troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not

yet.

7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in

divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and

ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and

shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world

for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

(“....the day of the Lord will come...”  II Peter 3:10)  Higgaion.*  Selah.** 

could easily be put here.

 

* A technical term of musical direction - The word may signify either a solemn,

deep-toned harp interlude or a solemn pause conducive to meditation.

 

How much thought have you put into your situation?

 

** A transliterated Hebrew expression found frequently in the Psalms and also

appearing in Habakkuk chapter 3.  Selah indicates a pause in the text.

Selah is a synonym of Hebrew words that mean “forever.” 

 

eternal implications??  CY  (Wow!)

 

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https://www.gotquestions.org/mystery-of-iniquity.html

 

The phrase the mystery of iniquity occurs in the KJV of II Thessalonians 2:7,

“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth

will let, until he be taken out of the way.” Other translations render the

phrase as “the secret power of lawlessness” (NIV) or “the mystery of lawlessness”

(ESV and NASB). Before we attempt to interpret the meaning of this phrase,

let’s look at the context of the passage in question:

 

 

the secret power of lawlessness” (NIV) or “the mystery of lawlessness”

(ESV and NASB). 

 

The spirit of the anti-christ, anti-christ; drugs, the various forms of

perverse sexuality, mystery of iniquity, the secret power of lawlessness,

the Deep State,  all just happen to be concommitant (something that

accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else)

 

Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him,

we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by

the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth

or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let

anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion

occurs (WILL THIS BE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF SATAN’S ATTEMPTED

OVERTHROW OF GOD BEFORE THE CREATION OF MAN? - CY - 2024)

and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is

worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to

be God. Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these

things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be

revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already

at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till He is

taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the

Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the

splendor of His coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance

with how  Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs

and wonders  that serve THE LIE (caps mine - CY - 2024)  and all the ways

that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they

refused to love the truth and so be saved.  (Contrast this with John 3:16 -

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever

believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” CY - 2024)

For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe

THE LIE (ibid.) and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth

but have delighted in wickedness (2 Thessalonians 2:1–12, emphasis added).

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with God’s creation here in this world, not

accepting who you are - (remember Father Knows Best - in the early

days of television)  - well God  is light years ahead of Robert Young in

knowing how to do what is best for mankind - then what would your

reaction be, if on entering heaven, you find the truth of Christ’s words

in Matthew 22:30  - “....they neither marry nor are given in marriage,

but are as the angels of God in heaven.”  

 

The biblical explanation of male/female for me is best understood

from  I Peter 3:7 “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according

to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,

and as being heirs together of the of the grace of life, that your prayers

be not hindered.”  (I wonder how much damage has been done in society

because of lack of prayer over the issue, not only for the cause of

egalitarianism but for the ruin of the soul of the individual involved.

CY - 2024)

 

9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of

God?  Be not deceived:  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor

adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor

extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are

sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by

the Spirit of our God.

 

Revelation 22:10-15

 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this

book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let

him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:

and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give

every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have

right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs (κύνες - kunes - dogs - used here metaphorically

of those whose moral impurity will exclude them from the New Jerusalem)

and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and

whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

 

 

This seems to me to be a paradox (a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory

statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to

be well founded or true.)  So strong physically, yet so weak spiritually.

 

We have a body, a soul, and a spirit.

 

from ἀνδρίζω - andrizo - to make a man, to play a man = quit you like men.

 

Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be

 

This is a Mark Batterson book that offers encouragement and advice

for what it is and takes to be a man of God based on the word of God.

 

 

Jeremiah 5:3 “......they have refused to return.”

 

“O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth?  Thou has stricken them, but they

have not grieveed; thou hast consumed them but they have refused to receive

correction:  they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused

to return.”

 

 

I want to read to you the introduction to Spurgeon’s sermon Decided Ungodliness

delivered August 20, 1882 (142 years ago - He being dead, yet speaketh)

 

THERE is, in the heart of every one of us, the primary evil of sin; we have

all transgressed against the Lord. So far, so bad; but that natural sin of ours

may be greatly increased by a refusal to turn from it. It is bad enough to

have violated God’s righteous law, but to refuse to repent, and to continue

presumptuously in our iniquity, must greatly increase our guilt in the sight

of God. This guilt may also be still further increased if we refuse to return

unto the Lord when we are earnestly and affectionately invited to yield

submission to Him. If gracious terms of peace are presented to us, and

matchless promises of blessing are made to us on condition that we do

return,— and if we are often warned, and often entreated, and often

threatened, and yet we still refuse to return, then we continue to pile sin

upon sin, till we make our first transgression to be incredibly great. (Some of

you are no doubt financially savvy and understand what compound interest *is in

money (*  Compound interest is interest calculated on both the initial principal and all

of the previously accumulated interest. Generating "interest on interest" is known

as the power of compound interest. Interest can be compounded on a variety of

frequencies, such as daily, monthly, quarterly, or annually - Google), but are

unaware of the compound interest of sin.  CY - 2024)  If I were now to preach to

men as simply sinners, it would be a weighty message for me to have to tell them

thatall have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” but, alas! I have to

preach to impenitent sinners, to those who, as our text puts it, “have refused

to return,” ay, and to some who have given that refusal with great deliberation,

after having been long entreated and persuaded. to turn from the error of

their ways. Some have been addressed in such tender, pleading language as this,

Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

or this: “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is

near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and

let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our

God, for He will abundantly pardon.” If we have heard such language as

that, and yet have persisted in refusing to return, we have heaped guilt

upon guilt, and the wrath of God will be in proportion to our sin.

 

The coming of Christ to a soul, to a community, is a moral probation (subjection

of an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness, as for a job or

school) , involving the most serious responsibility.  TO REJECT

JESUS CHRIST AND THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT is the

only UNFORGIVABLE SIN.

 

 

The first stages of Christian life in the individual and in the historic Church

are marked by low ideas of the person and work of Christ, producing

estrangement from Him, fear, and weakness.

 

 

In Christ we are all the same — we are equal with one another.

 

 

 

 

A couple of months back, at a Bible Study, our teacher, Bro. David Smith, mentioned

coincidently, about those with dissatisfaction in life, always seeking for something,

but basically not knowing what they want, never finding it.

 

I add until fortunately, meeting Jesus Christ.

 

Have I not mentioned U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking?

 

In Psalm 16:8-11 is a remedy, as the Bible, in many other passages offers:

 

8 I have set the LORD always before me: because He is at my right

   hand, I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also

   shall rest in hope.

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer

     thine Holy One to see corruption.

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of

     joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

 

But there is another side:   There is a clear explanation of the problem in v. 4.

 

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God:

 

 “The Lord is known by the judgment which He executeth: 

the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion.*  Selah.** 

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations

that forget God.  (Psalm 9:16-17)

 

* A technical term of musical direction - The word may signify either a solemn,

deep-toned harp interlude or a solemn pause conducive to meditation.

 

How much thought have you put into your situation?

 

** A transliterated Hebrew expression found frequently in the Psalms and also

appearing in Habakkuk chapter 3.  Selah indicates a pause in the text.

Selah is a synonym of Hebrew words that mean “forever.” 

 

eternal implications??  CY  (Wow!)

 

The Scripture reveals that  Blessed is the nation whose God is

the Lord.”  (Psalm 33:12)  At first I put happy in my browser,

the word being hid in my heart, but not knowing where to find it. -

 

Bro. Christian always said that “blessed” - means happy.

 

Oh the blessings of the man, the family, the city, the country side,

the nation - that has realized the truth of vs. 5-7 of Psalm 16

 

 

 

5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou

    maintainest my lot.

6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a

    goodly heritage.

 

“Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth,

the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness,

in a land that was not sown.  Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and

the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend;

evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.”  (Jeremiah 2:2-3)

 

7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins* also

   instruct me in the night seasons.

 

νεφρός - nephros - kidney

νεφροί

 

* mind, heart, kidneys - metamorphically of the will and the affections which

                                          were regarded as having their seat in the “kidneys.”

 

instruct - they-CHASTEN/CORRECT/TRAIN - discipline/teach/educate

 

                                               

 

                                                Job 19:25-27

                                               

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the

latter day upon the earth:

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh

shall I see God:

27  Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not

another; though my reins be consumed within me.

 

 

                                    Revelation 2:20-23

 

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou

sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to

teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat

things sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented

not.   (Do you think that God would give that wicked woman, Jezebel space

to repent and not you!!???   How much space have you used up or abused?  -

CY - 2024)

22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery

with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall

know that I am He which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will

give unto every one of you according to your works.

 

There seems to be something in the word bed - do you remember last

week me mentioningnor abusers of themselves with mankind

ἀρσενοκοῖται - arsenokoitai - malebedders; from αρσενος - apsoenos -

 male and κοιτην - koitaen - bed. It has a sexual connotation, but with

whom the male is bedding is not specified.

 

Thinking about sexual matters now is a good place to go back to

Ezekiel 16 where I began and left off on May 26, ten weeks ago, at v.18.

 

                                               

 

                                                Ezekiel 16

 

                                    This still from the NIV

 

The use of Ezekiel 16 from the NIV to get ideas across of what I am trying to

illustrate today.  The first seventeen verses I discussed on an earlier occasion

and if interested, see May 26, 2024 lesson.

 

 

18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil

     and incense before them. 

19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you

     to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened,

     declares the Sovereign Lord.

20 ‘And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed

     them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? 

21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. 

22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember

     the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in

     your blood.

23 “‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other

     wickedness

24 You built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. 

25 At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty,

     spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.  

26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with

     large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.

     For modesty’s sake, I will substitute “sexual prowess” for the term used.  What

     was really said can be found in the NIV’s rendition of Ezekiel 16:26 - CY - 2024)

27 So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory;

     I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, 

     who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 

28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable;

     and even after that, you still were not satisfied.   (I am going to take the liberty

     to add, what I perceive as a bedfellow of insatiability, incorrigiblity.  Often a person

     who is insatiable, ends up incorrigible.

 

Insatiable = unquenchable, unappeasable, uncontrollable, voracious, prodigious (huge).

unsatiable - impossible to satisfy; incapable of being satisfied

 

Incorrigible =  incapable of being corrected, amended, or reformed, not manageable :

 Incorrigibility = bad and impossible to change or improve

 

Elementary school - heard of Reform School

High School - heard of marijuana in locker at a high school in the county -

I knew the person accused -

 

Rarity of this in my upbringing.

 

29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, a land of merchants,

     but even with this you were not satisfied.  (Somewhere along the line in my life

     I ran across the idea that “Man wants what he can’t get but if he ever gets it,

     that is not what he wanted after all!  - a non -sexual reference but holds true in

     physical escapades also - I cite the teaching of Proverbs 5:15-23 * below -CY - 2024)

 

                                                Proverbs 15 

 

          *15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts

satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and

embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He

pondereth all his goings.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be

holden with the cords of his sins.

23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he

shall go astray.  (Proverbs 5:15-23)

 

Also:  “Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled;  but whoremongers

             and adulterers, God will judge.”  (Hebrews 13:5)

 

While I am at it - “....whosoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh

                              understanding:  he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

                              A wound and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach shall

                              not be wiped away.”  (Proverbs 6:32-33)

 

Compare the case of the woman taken in adultery (John 8:3-11)

 

The words of Jesus are:  “....all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be

forgiven unto men:  but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be

forgiven unto men......neither in this world , neither in the world to come.”

(Matthew 12:31-32)

 

30 “‘I am filled with fury against you, declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do

     all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute! 

31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty

     shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you

     scorned payment.

32 “You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! 

33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing

     them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. 

34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you

     for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is

     given to you.

35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! 

36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust

     and exposed your naked body in your  promiscuity with your lovers, and

     because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your

     children’s blood, 

37 Therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure,

     those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you

     from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see

     you stark naked. 

38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery

     and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath

     and jealous anger. 

39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear

     down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you

     of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. 

40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to

     pieces with their swords. 

41They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the

     sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will

     no longer pay your lovers. 

42Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away

     from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.

43 ‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with

     all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done,

     declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other

     detestable practices?

44‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you:

     “Like mother, like daughter.” 

45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her

     children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands

     and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. 

46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her

     daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her

     daughters, was Sodom.  (Neighbors - CY - 2024)

47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices,

     but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they. 

48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and

     her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.

49 ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were

     arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 

50They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away

     with them as you have seen.  (Although not here, sixty-tw0 [62] times in

     Ezekiel, it is said, “and they shall know that I am the Lord  I would say

     that this statement is its equivalent, stated  in other words  - see

   # 223.

 Ezekiel – Study of God’s Use of  the Word Know

  - this website - CY - 2024)

51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more

     detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous

     by all these things you have done. 

52 Bear your disgrace (KJV - Bear thine own shame)  Take it like a man

     for you have furnished some justification for your sisters.  Because your

     sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you.

     So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your

     sisters appear righteous.

53 However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of

      Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them, 

54 So that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in

     giving them comfort. 

55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters,

     will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to

     what you were before. 

56 You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, 

57 Before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by

     the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors and the daughters of the

     Philistines  —all those around you who despise you. 

58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable

     practices, declares the Lord.

59 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve,

     because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. 

60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your

      youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 

61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your

     sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will

     give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you. 

62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 

63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will

      remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of

      your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

Proverbs 6:24-35

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue

of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee

with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of

bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; whosoever toucheth her

shall not be innocent.

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is

hungry;

31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the

substance of his house.

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh

understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be

wiped away.

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the

day of vengeance.

35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though

thou givest many gifts

1 I am satisfied with Jesus,

He has done so much for me:

He has suffered to redeem me,

He has died to set me free.

Refrain:

I am satisfied, I am satisfied,

I am satisfied with Jesus,

But the question comes to me,

As I think of Calvary,

Is my Savior satisfied with me?

2 He is with me in my trials,

Best of friends of all is He;

I can always count on Jesus,

Can He always count on me? [Refrain]

3 I can hear the voice of Jesus,

Calling out so pleadingly,

"Go and win the lost and straying";